ARMENIAN HISTORY IN CARVING
By Karen Khasikian
Yerkir/arm
September 02, 2005
In a solemn ceremony on August 30, American Armenian sculptor Tigran
Sargsian presented the Armenian Genocide Museum with his sculpture
entitled “Armenians lived, live and will live.”
Sargsian says he conceived the idea of the sculpture in 2002 after
visiting the Alex Manoogian Treasury in Echmiadzin. “That day I
watched Atom Egoyan’s “Ararat” in Yerevan and then decided to create
a sculpture,” Sargsian says.
The craving depicts historical Armenia with Ararat, Sipan, lakes
Sevan and Van as well as the Armenian rivers. Numerous leaves of
branches emerging from the craving indicate the countries Armenians
have emigrated to. On the top of the sculpture, the branches unite
in a pomegranate and then take a shape of a cross.
On April 24, 2005, Sargsian displayed the sculpture in Glendale during
the events marking the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. And
now, he gave the sculpture to the Armenian Genocide Museum.
Sargsian also mentions he is planning to create a sculpture dedicated
to Sayat Nova and another one to embody the “Sasna Tsrer” epos.